Fatah, the political party of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, praised the three Palestinian men who killed an Israeli policewoman and seriously injured another in Jerusalem on Wednesday, calling them “role models” on its Facebook page. Palestinian Media Watch reported on Thursday that Fatah posted a picture of the three assailants on the same...

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with the families of terrorists, calling them “martyrs,” hours after Israeli policewoman Hadar Cohen was killed in a Jerusalem terror attack, Ynet reported Thursday. At Abbas’ meeting, the families of 11 dead terrorists asked Abbas to demand that Israel return of the terrorists’ bodies. A video of the meeting was later...

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An international group of retired military officers and diplomats published a report outlining the challenges democratic nations face when fighting against irregular combatants, including terrorist organizations, who often exploit social and mainstream media to amplify their propaganda. The High Level Military Group (HLMG) presented their study at the Council on Foreign Relations on Tuesday. Titled “Our Military Forces’ Struggle Against Lawless, Media Savvy Terrorist Adversaries,”...

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One Israeli border policewoman was killed and another seriously injured during a shooting and stabbing attack carried out by three Palestinians outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, The Times of Israel reported Wednesday. Officials said that a quick response by security forces prevented a potentially much larger attack. The three assailants were killed. According to authorities, policewoman Hadar Cohen, 19,...

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Thousands of mourners marching at the funeral of a Palestinian Authority police officer who wounded three IDF soldiers during a shooting attack on Sunday chanted “death to Israel” and called for killing hundreds of Israelis, the Times of Israel reported on Monday. “It is time for the machine gun, to...

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said last week that Palestinian terror was “human nature,” a natural reaction to Israeli occupation. This led to a series of condemnations from Israeli officials. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the remarks gave a “tailwind to terror,” while former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren,...

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Newly released videos from the cellphone of the Arab-Israeli gunman who killed three people during a New Year’s Day rampage in Tel Aviv show the man denigrating “enemies of Islam” and using rhetoric similar to that used by the Islamic State, JNS.org reported Thursday. Nashat Milhem killed two men and injured seven...

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As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with French President Francois Hollande and signed major business deals in Paris, thousands marched in protest of human rights abuses carried out by Tehran, Reuters reported on Thursday. Rouhani’s visit to France was the first by an Iranian president since 1999. While the countries...

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The Palestinian youth who carried out a stabbing attack in the West Bank on Wednesday stalked an Israeli couple before moving to attack the 36-year-old man, the Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. In newly released security footage, Abada Abu Ras, a 17-year-old from the Palestinian town of Bir Nabal, can be seen following...

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Israeli opposition politician and Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid said that the nuclear deal with Iran will fund the next war that the Islamic Republic’s proxies will wage against Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. “Secretary of State [John] Kerry said himself last week that some of the sanctions...

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